Tbh, I don't really have a good answer to this neccessarily, maybe a smarter poster like JasonDb or people hwo have done it can chime in on this matter.
I did a quick pubmed search and found this study showed an increase in mad cow disease in Britain in those that consumed British beef as a normal part of their diet.
Mucinex/Sudafed/ take a very hot shower and the steam will help clear it up(broscience theory, dunno if true or not), or worse come to worse, it will probably be better in a few days.